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Noun

1. 1
   One of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort.

   "taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes"

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"taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes"

Etymology

From infra- + cohort.

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